On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Sascha Silbe <sascha-ml-ui-sugar-de...@silbe.org> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 01, 2009 at 01:58:30PM -0500, Eben Eliason wrote: > >> As I understand it, this cannot be so simple because it needs to be a >> bootable image, and not just a set of files. > > What about raw disk images that could be written with dd? No need for any > fancy GUI stuff, a single command line invocation suffices (dd is included > by default on most distros), no need to install potential harmful > third-party software.
This assumption, however, excludes the Windows-using majority. Also, single-line or not, many are uncomfortable with the command line in principle (though that's significantly less true, obviously, among Linux users). Of course, I agree that requiring other third-party software installs is undesirable. If we can make a single-click solution (GUI or not) work without need for such software (easy, as you point out, on Linux; harder, I imagine, on Windows) then we probably should. - Eben > If the overlay file is created at first boot, a single disk image would > suffice (this would also allow the user to choose an encryption password - > USB sticks are lost more easily than Laptops). Even without that, the > difference in size between gzip compressed images is negligible (e.g. 0.4% > for 1GB vs. 2GB). > > CU Sascha > > -- > http://sascha.silbe.org/ > http://www.infra-silbe.de/ > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > > iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJJquT8AAoJELpz82VMF3Da6KkH/iRABKZsWM0zlscY9JlW/88h > qjSdToVfCcU0a55KUwcJs4tPWKIpH/SfcidCOkSxDXnWh4x2r5hJcg2PqnrbSMJr > YJmmsDCnMuUPeX+rMcNgVjYye7FgvuaP0a3kN1IxFLgmYv6zGqGV7KXESkFbLJ41 > jXGq93WuJ1RcJd6nSD0+wCvFLqQtqNH/sL1e6zcov3V9TNXO92nIfnc/M8WnTycH > q7PmljzmdVDnoMuu0ah9mh9ncWaKWbGtREzS684wyu3pfsZdnWF8lu/w3DBA1n3J > zKblJlW40zlpEP8Qae9lf9dSBBItHDZOp5wlgu4Nxdx1UnoLz/DEpaPlChwWJ+o= > =4EBO > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Sugar-devel mailing list > Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > > _______________________________________________ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel